Extras

Discography

During the '70's and '80's the musicians of Flairck traveled the world with their inimitable instrumental mix of folk, jazz and classical music. Now, thirty five years after the first performances, the group will release a recently recorded live album cal

Global Orchestra is a pact between the musicians of Flairck and Basily, in collaboration with Indonesian jazz violinist Luluk Purwanto, Hungarian percussionist Antal Steixner and Rumanian cimbalon player Marius Preda.

I always planned to record a solo album , however, since my Irish busking days I have been working with the group Flairck; The last 25 year have brought 20 albums, nearly 2000 concerts, and little time to concentrate on solo work. Flairck decided to celeb

It has always been a wish of ours to travel the world with a large orchestra of musicians from every corner of the earth, using all the strange instruments that were created in different places throughout history.

English version of 'De Gouden Eeuw'. Flairck in the Golden Age: a music theatre production inspired by the eyewitness report of the horrific sinking of one of the United East India Company's biggest ships.

This CD contains the live recordings of the 1995 Santiago concerts. Most of the pieces are live versions of the Chambers compositions, but it also features older material such as: Variations on a Lady and Sofia.

This double CD contains the live recordings of the 1995 Santiago concerts. Most of the pieces are live versions of the Chambers compositions, but it also features older material such as: Variations on a Lady and Sofia.

In 1994 some new young musicians joined Flairck. Cello replaced violin and the addition of accordeon, tuned percussion, flutes and double bass opened up new possibilities for this band of symphomaniacs.

The work of the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516?), the Dutch streetliterature from the Middle Ages, the strange music of the fiddlers of this time and also the history of Carnival were sources of inspiration for this CD.

This double CD contains recordings of Flairck concerts in 1989 and 1990. It's a selection of compositions which members of Flairck wrote since the foundation in 1978, with an accent on the most recent work.

In 1986 the idea arose to use the musicians and instruments of Flairck in a number of illusions: a guitar falling apart, floating flutes and disappearing persons, the appearance of a violinist in a balloon.

Different to Andersen: a composition in 4 parts for Flairck, singer (Nelleke Burg) and orchestra (Gewestelijk Orkest voor Zuid-Holland). The piece is executed as part of a series of educative projects. ("de Cirkelconcerten" / "The Circleconcerts").

Flairck's first album. Aoife is a lullaby written for the birth of Mary Coughlan's daughter. ('Aoife' is Gaelic for 'Eve'.) Sofia's Foreplay: a reflection of an amourous event in a big city in Eastern Europe.